HomeMy WebLinkAbout95-18• ORDINANCE N0. 95-18
AMENDING ARTICLE 4 SECTION1(RR RURAL RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT)
OF THE TOWN OF PULASKI, VIRGINIA ZONING ORDINANCE
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ADOPTED: June 20, 1995
EFFECTIVE: July 1, 1995
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Amending Article 4 Section 1(RR Rural Residential District) of the Town of
Pulaski, Virginia Zoning Ordinance
WHEREAS, the purpose of the RR Rural Residential District is to provide for more spacious
single-family residential areas and for areas not yet urban where agricultural uses are
appropriate; and
WHEREAS, Article 4 Section 1 provides the permitted uses in the RR Rural Residential
District; and
WHEREAS, current RR regulations allow modular homes, but not mobile homes. A
modular home is defined as, "A movable or portable dwelling over 32 feet in length and over
20 feet wide, designed and constructed without a carriage or hitch, as a stationary house
constructed for placement upon a permanent foundation, to be connected to utilities, for
year-round occupancy. It can consist of one or more components that can be retracted when
transported and subsequently expanded for additional capacity, or of two or more units
separately transportable (such as the so-called "double-wide" mobile home), but designed to
be joined and joined into one integral unit.'° and;
WHEREAS, the Town initiated this request due to an amendment to state code that
becomes effective July 1, 1995. This amendment makes it necessary to amend the Zoning
Code so it does not set separate standards for "mobile or manufactured homesn and site-
. built homes constructed to federal standards. Because the State code amendment only
refers to the "agricultural district, the proposed language change only applies to the
Town's RR (Rural Residential) district; and
WHEREAS, after advertisement as required by law, the Planning Commission and Town
Council held public hearings on June 12 and 20, 1995, respectively, wherein the concerns
and comments of the public were heard; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council finds that the recommendation of the Planning Commission
promotes the health, safety, and general welfare of the general public and accomplishes the
purposes set forth in the Code of Virginia, particularly Section 15.1-427 and promotes and
is consistent with the other provisions of the Town's land use plans, ordinances and
regulations.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the TOWN COUNCIL of the TOWN OF
PULASKI, sitting in regular session on June 20, 1995, that:
Article 4 Section 1.2 (1) of the Pulaski Zoning Ordinance is amended to read as follows:
1. Detached single-family homes; and, the placement of manufactured houses
on a permanent foundation, on individual lots, subject to the development
standards that are equivalent to those applicable to site-built single family
dwellings within this district.
• Article 11, Definitions, of the Pulaski Zoning Ordinance is amended to add the following:
1. Man ~fac ~rPd Hom or House. A structure constructed to federal standards,
transportable in one or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is eight
• (8) feet or more in width and is forty (40) feet or more in length, or, when
erected on site, is three hundred twenty (320) or more square feet, and
which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling
with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required
utilities, and contains the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical
systems contained therein.
This ordinance is effective as of July 1, 1995 and is adopted by this recorded vote of the
Town Council of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia on this 20th day of June, 1995:
John Johnston Aye Roy H. D'Ardenne, Jr. Ave
John W. Stone AYe W. Edgar Hale Absent
Bettye Steger Absent Alma H. Holston Aye
W.H. Schrader, Jr. AYe Elbert G. Black Aye
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drew L. Graham, Mayor _.
ATTEST:
• Ruth Harrell
Clerk of Council
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• I, Ruth A. Harrell, Clerk of the Council of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 95-18 Amending Article 4, Section
1, (RR Rural REsidential District) of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia, Zoning Ordinance
is a true and correct copy of Ordinance set out and adopted by the recorded vote of
the Pulaski Town Council on June 20, 1995.
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Clerk of Council
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